Light

Today I tried painting light. Inspiration, Helen Craig, who illustrates Angelina Ballerina. It really isn't easy to get a glow and I guess I'll be slogging away at this for some time...

Paper by 53

One of the nicest drawing apps on the iPad!

Bathroom

Another copy of a bathroom, this time from the illustrations of Joelle Dreidemy. I love his offbeat, wiggly line work. Copying allows me to see how to shade, how to blend colours and work on perspective without actually reading a how-to book.

Practice

I love the art of Allan Ahlberg and own several of his illustrated books, including the Jolly Pocket Postman series because one is just not enough. This is a copy of a row of toilet sinks from "Starting school". I always look at something and think, oh that looks easy, until I actually try drawing it out!

Dino and dog topiary

I've had so much to do since December that I haven't sat down and painted, just for the sake of painting, for quite a while. I have missed painting little leaves!

Anyways,
since I have not done a giveaway in a long time, I decided to give this piece away for free and hope that it will bring a little smile to its new owner :)

Youtube

Today I learnt how to draw an eye and do a basic anamorphic drawing from YouTube!

Living with cats

Ellie, the black and white cat is the only cat I have at the moment . She is the result of hours spent browsing through Cat Welfare Society's adoption board with the insistence that I was "just looking, not adopting" after my previous cats went to kitty heaven. So while I'm here, let me leave a public message, ADOPT, DON'T BUY! If you've seen what I seen at the animal shelters, you would never buy a dog or cat from a pet shop again.